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W. PEOPLES. CLAMP FOR SECURING PUMPS TO BARRELS.

No. 604,263. Patented May 17,1898.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM PEOPLES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THEENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF SAME PLACE.

CLAMP FOR SECURING PUMPS TO BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,263, dated May 17,1898.

Application filed. August 5, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PEOPLES, a citizen of the United States,residingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Clamps for'Securing Pumps to Barrels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a clamp for securing a pump inthe bung-hole IQ of a barrel which will not injure the barrel and whichcan be readily applied and re moved, as fully described hereinafter,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa sectional view of my improved clamp, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

In securing molasses-pumps to barrels it has been the usual practice toplace the pump in the bung-hole and secure a bearing-plate to the barrelby screws. This method is objectionable owing to the injury to thebarrel by the screws, and. in time the screws work loose, so that thepump is not steady. I

overcome these objections in the following 2 5 manner:

A A are two sections of the clamp. Each section has a plate a, adaptedto rest upon the barrel, and extensions a, adapted to enter thebung-hole. Projecting from the exten- 3o sion at on the section A arewings a", against which rests the stem of the pump.

Adapted to a recess in the section A is a sliding clamp-plate B, whichis carried by a screw B, in the present instance arranged at 5 anincline and swiveled at b to the clampplate B. The screw is adapted to ascrewthreaded opening in a lug a and is set to such an angle that itshandle or head I) will clear the barrel.

I prefer to secure the two sections together by a swivel-pin d, carriedby the section A and adapted to a slot (1 in the section A, so thatwhen-the clamp is removed the sections are held together.

Serial No. 647,246. (No model.)

To apply the clamp, the stem of the pump is inserted through thebung-hole, which is preferably in the end of the barrel, and then theclamp is opened and passed around the stem andits projections insertedin the bunghole. The screw B is then turned so as to force theclamp-plate B against the stem of the pump, which action also forces thesections against the wall of the bung-hole, thus clamping the pumpsecurely to the barrel without marring the barrel. By turning the screwin the opposite direction the clamp will be loosened and the pump can bereadily withdrawn from the barrel.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination in a clamp, of two sectionsadapted to be inserted in a bung-hole of a barrel, with a clamp-platecarried by one section, with means for adjusting said plate by which thepump is secured to the barrel through the c1amp,substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination in a clamp, of two sections, one section having aplate, with a winged extension, the other section having a plate and anextension, an inclined. screw adapted to said section and a clamp-platecarried by the screw, substantially as described.

3. The combination of two clamp-sections adapted to be inserted in thebung-hole of a barrel and surrounding a pump, a pivot-pin securing thetwo sections together, a screw adapted to one of said sections, aclamp-plate carried by the screw and adapted to rest against the pump,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM PEOPLES.

WVitnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. II. KLEIN.

